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008 950727s1996 kyua b s001 0 eng
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020 $a0813119332 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)32969382
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050 00 $aGF504.S68$bC68 1995
082 00 $a333.73/0975$220
100 1 $aCowdrey, Albert E.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79078592
245 10 $aThis land, this South :$ban environmental history /$cAlbert E. Cowdrey.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aLexington :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$c1996.
263 $a9511
300 $axiv, 240 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNew perspectives on the South
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aHere is the story of the long interaction between humans, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of exploitation and erosion, of destruction, disease, and defeat, but also of the persistent search for knowledge and wisdom. It is a story whose villains were also its victims and sometimes its heroes.
520 8 $aAncient forces created the southern landscape, but, as Albert E. Cowdrey shows, humankind from the time of earliest habitation has been at work reshaping it. The southern Indians, far from being the "natural ecologists" of myth, radically transformed their environment by hunting and burning. Such patterns were greatly accelerated by the arrival of Europeans, who viewed the land as a commodity to be exploited for immediate economic benefit.
520 8 $aTheir greed and ignorance took a heavy toll on the land and all those it supported. Cowdrey documents not only the long decline but the painfully slow struggle to repair the damage of human folly. The eighteenth century saw widespread though ineffectual efforts to protect game and conserve the soil. In the nineteenth century the first hesitant steps were taken toward scientific flood control, forestry, wildlife protection, and improved medicine.
520 8 $aIn this century, the New Deal, the explosion in scientific knowledge, and the national environmental movement have spurred more rapid improvements. But the efforts to harness the South's great rivers, to save its wild species, and to avert serious environmental pollution have often had equivocal results.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zSouthern States$xHistory.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xDescription and travel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125637
651 0 $aSouthern States$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125643
830 0 $aNew perspectives on the South.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42032672
852 00 $bglx$hGF504.S68$iC68 1996